Racial differences in menopause information and the experience of hot flashes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-103

  Grisso, Jeane Ann ^a   Freeman, Ellen W ^a   Maurin, Elana ^a   Garcia Espana, Beatriz ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flashes; Menopause; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0033048661     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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